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Meaning of RHACHIGLOSSA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhach`i*glos"sa\, n.pl. [NL. See {Rhachis}, and
{Glossa}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis
and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It
includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters,
murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust.
in Append.
 
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